Which letter do the most countries start with?

Popular letters of the alphabet used for naming countries S, M, C, B, and A are among the most popularly used alphabetic letters in naming countries. Each of these letters has over 10 countries named using the letters as the first letters. For instance, there are 18 countries whose names begin with the letter M.

Why do countries names end in A?

If you look at the names of countries in Romance languages more countries end in -ia than in English. This is because those names are usually direct descendents of Latin names for those places.

Is there a country starting with M?

The countries beginning with the letter M: Macedonia. Madagascar. Malawi.

Is there a country beginning with Y?

If you guessed Y, you were close — but you probably forgot about Yemen, which is the only country in the world that starts with the letter Y.

Why the is not used before India?

“North America” and “South America” are the proper nouns, names for two continents. So we won’t use “the” before them. But India is a proper name. India only refers to the country India.

Why do countries names end with Stan?

There are seven countries in Central Asia with the suffix “-stan”: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The suffix comes from the Persian root istan, or “land”—hence the “land of the Uzbeks,” “land of the Kazakhs,” and so forth.

Why do so many country names end with IA?

The Latin suffix ‘ia’ roughly translates as ‘belonging to’, which further connotes to ‘land of’. So Russia means ‘land of the Rus’. Do you see the pattern in these country names?

Where do countries starting with the letter M get their names?

Here is a look at where each country starting with the letter M got its name, and a very brief look at their history. The countries beginning with the letter M: Skopje, North Macedonia. Image credit: Kanuman/Shutterstock The name Macedonia comes from both Greek and Latin in the 1300s.

What country has the letter S in it?

Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia, one of the countries in Europe that beings with the letter “s”.

Which countries have an “s” in their name?

Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, and Sierra Leone are also among the countries staring with “S.” They are located on different continents, Senegal, Seychelles, and Sierra Leone being in western part of Africa while Serbia is in Europe. Senegal and Sierra Leone are on the mainland while Seychelles is an island country in the Atlantic Ocean.

What is the origin of the letter M in the alphabet?

As a most important letter and the 13th in the English alphabet, ‘M’ is related to the Semitic mem and also to mu in the Greek language. Some experts think the Semitic form of the letter might actually come from a very early sign used in human communication that represented waves on the water.